The Palgrave Handbook of Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity: Formulating a Field of Study

"Sociology has a moral purpose and one aspect of that purpose is to create a 21st century version of a recently neglected topic, a sociology of the good. This excellent book does exactly that. It focuses on developing valid knowledge of altruism, morality, and social solidarity, including identifying pathological conditions and exploring preferable alternatives, each of which will help in formulating action plans for the common good of society. For today's sociologists, this inspiring book is a must-read." - Wendell Bell, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, and Fellow, Koerner Center, Yale University, USA

"A provocative foray designed to jumpstart an emerging subfield the authors call Altrusim, Morality, and Solidarity, this colorful work offers fresh views of personhood, identity dynamics, standard setting in organizations, philanthropy, and the evolutionary benefits of altruism. Beyond Durkheim, it also retrieves neglected understandings of Lev Tolstoy, Jane Addams and Pitirim Sorokin." - Donald N. Levine, Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago

Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University, USA Sorcha A. Brophy, Yale University, USA Peter Callero, Western Oregon University, USA Alexander Gofman, National Research University, Russia Steven Hitlin, University of Iowa, USA Vincent Jeffries, California State University, Northridge. Pavel Krotov, Pitirim A. Sorokin Foundation Matthew T. Lee, University of Akron, USA Margarita A. Mooney, Yale University, USA Lawrence T. Nichols, West Virginia University, USA Patricia Lengermann, George Washington University, USA Gillian Niebrugge, George Washington University, USA Stephen Post, Stony Brook University, USA Paul G. Schervish, Boston College, USA Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame, USA Katherine Sorrell, University of Notre Dame, USA Jan E. Stets, University of California-Riverside, USA Kevin McCaffree, University of California-Riverside, USA Edward A. Tiryakian, Duke University, USA Jonathan H. Morgan, Duke University, USA Jonathan H. Turner, University of California-Riverside, USA Raquel Weiss, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Paulo Peres, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil